Gun



Nov 10,1925 1,5 0,840

W. J. M OLLOY GUN Filed Feb: 21, I925 1 2 4 I v m vE ICJFIK williamJ-Mll qy Be it kIIOWIlQtllfli),,IyWILLIAM'J. MoLLoY,

a" citizen of the Unitedgfitates andgaj resi f n of the i y of Ol ieg hecou y t-Go k nd State r fIllinois, have i following is;,a1i;'ull,elear,-, an'd"exact 'descrip J n f .thes m i refer nceeing;had-fie th cn p'amy g d wingsd to. e num als of referencemarked-thereon;which formguns.

"1 p mpr ved 'adjustable;1neansf balancingguns, v r

Guns that are'brought to theshoulder' to 2Q should be properly balancedto suit the hame er st cs etthei ertieu e ofthe gun. When such a; gunhas been properly lends itself readily to ease of manipulation, r25contributing to' accuracy] and celerlty of theqgun is not sluggishin itsmovements I when coming to'placeat the shoulder. g The poise of the-gunin the hands of one able balance are not at alladaptablei'forf :fcritical gun owners. J; v 1, I Other objects are'to provide means for adthegeneral use of the gun and which serves 401 as additional means forconnecting the stock to the tang of the gun barrel. Y Another object isthe provision of-means i terially to the total weight of the gunij g YOther objects, advantages'and benefitsof l the invention will become:apparent, to personsskilled; in the art,' from a considerationofthefollowingdescription when taken in connection with the drawingsforminga part 5.0 1 hereof wherein: a

' Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shot gun; I Figure 2 is alongitudinalcentralenlarged I section of the stock of the gun;

Application meainetruary 21, 1925. Serial mfiorsv;

- v i t d r ain n w-"a d sefu Imp oveme '.in'fGuns;andljdohereby.declare thatthe,

' Thefinvention relates to mprovement's inl One of invention is fire,such asshot guns, rifles and the like,

'balan ced' it seems to possess buoyancy and i operation. Its muzzledoes notfdroopfand I ;man may not be suitable or'agreeable'to aman. of Vdifferent-build and temperament.

@ ,Therefore guns built-with a fixed unchange-J 3 ;,general. oruniversal application for use 1 justing thebalanceor a gun which'isenot'Fsreadily accessible which is IlOtVlSlblGlIl' -,tEorbalancing agun'which will not add ina- :j wi'nnmivia; 'i'v roiiiior; OFlGHICAGO,ILL nroi's. i

I is. were :na u efii 'in place for shifting V q d n y; 9f. he toc 7 g ue 5.2 Sim l r rieti'sliowin t i p ac t9 di u e he? 'w giht: i Position.L

teIiCling b r erm na ing; a a. should and open at the butt endjofheigun. "Th

the b al n f allthe estimatesenema-eta ters are emphyed to"iindi atel mlar:Pa The stock. part has ,'lo gitu nal y el 1s. bore is: coveredbyqthe usual'shoulder plate; a fined-to thestock by screws. Ther d- S en-T1" tends vaxiallyjthrough the bore: 6' and is. provided. with anenlarged threaded part 9.

A reducedpart 10 screws into the tang 'lili.

of the barrelpart l2. A shoulder 13 ispr;o:-

vided on the rod and is forelose eontactwith, V the shoulder 7 providedby the di fierence in,

the diameters of the bores 'in' which-the front and mar portions' ofthe'rod 8is contained.

The rod has an angularend 14 by means of which it may be threadedintothetang :11 by application ofthe tool 15. 1

"A weighted balancingjbody 16 is prefer. ably threaded uponrthe enlargedthreaded part 9 of the rod 8. The'outer end ofthe weighte'dbody has anotch 17 into which the tool entersin rotating the weighted body 16tozmofve it longitudinally of the threaded .pa t 9 of the rod. .'.Thetool 15-has projec-l pressure to reduce its. volume.

tions-18 that enter the' notches l'i like a I screw driver for rotatingtheweighted body f- '16; The weighted-body may conveniently be ;made ofleadycondensed or 'swaged The amount of material that is removed 1 i ffrom the stock of the gun in providing the bore 6 will weighsubstantially the same as the part introduced into the .bore for. thepurpose of balancing; and therefore the total;

the gun is not increased mateweight of rially.

A check nut 20 maybe placedon 'the V threaded portion ocf'the rod 9 tohold the weight 16 in adjusted position. have" found, howeverg thatacheck nutis not necessary when the bore'6 is'oii' such size that theweight lei-its snugly in the bore, the v I .105- g friction of the.weight16 with,the w alls of the bore is suflicient tohold it inadjusted" long position. If, however, it is desired, a nut may be usedto more positively hold the balancing weight in place.

The longitudinal movement oi? the: weight 16 in-the bore 61 has a verygreatinfl'uence in the act of balancing the gun. When the balance hasbeen satisfactorily established the shoulder plate 18 may be replacedand the presence of the balancing mechanism is not discernable uponvisual inspection of the While I have herein shown a single em bodi-ment of my invention for the purpose oil clear disclosure, it will bemanifest, to personsskilled inftlieart, that considerable change may bemade in; the altr-angement', location and configuration; ofthe partsWillilk in the scope of the appended? claims.

Having described -m-yinvention what I claim as new and desire to secureby'Let'tersi Patent; is: g 4

11 A gun, of the;cha-racter dbseribed, having a: stock and a' weigh-tedbody adjustable itudi-na-lly off the stock while in saidstock. 7 I 2*;Agun, of the character described, having astock with a bore,longitudinally there of; a weighted body adjustable, in said bore whilethe bore, and means to hold the weighted bodyin adjusted position.

3;. A gun, oi? thecharacter' described, having a stock with; aborelongitudinallythereof; a weighted bodly adjustable while in said--il1 eI &l 1l-t0 b8il2bn8@ the gun; means to hold the said weighted bodyin adjusted position,

and a butt plate to cover. said bore.

5 gun; of the character described, having a barrel part' audastock part,sa kl stock pa lt having a bore extending; longitudinally thereof; athreaded rod extending through said bore connecting said' barrel pa-rtand stock part together; anda weighted; body movable in said here and onrod.

6 A gun,,of thecharacterdescribedg having a'ba-rrel 'part provided with:a tang pro ject-ing from the rear end? thereof"; a stock part having alongitudinalbore inline with:

saidtang; a 110d concentric witlisaid bore and screwed into said tang tohold the part-ea together; a \Veigllb mounted on said rod; and movableaxially of said rod to adjustably balance the gun, and a butt platecovering said} here.

In testimony whereof? I have here-unto subscribed my name.

' W H JLIAM J-l MQEEQHF.

